Dot

2011-08-31T20:32:00.001+04:00

land of water and earth, the most beautiful things in life

Third Eye Blind

2010-11-13T20:04:00.004+03:00

"what is the purpose of life, when the heart is gone?"

To keep going although it is hard and slow - that is patience

2010-10-04T19:55:00.005+04:00

Brace to all the obstacles and challenges. One day it will come to an end. InsyaAllah.

Back

2010-08-03T17:57:00.008+04:00

Out for half a year.

Turkey ( Istanbul-Cappadocia-Pamukkale-Kusadasi-Izmir) January 2010

Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Goreme, Cappadocia

Pamukkale

Priene

Ephesus, near Kusadasi

Lake Baikal, Trans-Manchurian railway journey and Beijing (June 2010)

Lake Baikal

2 nights camp-out

Trans-Manchurian, Irkutsk-Pekin

Summer Palace, Beijing

Beijing

Australia (Perth-Melbourne-Sydney-Gold Coast) July 2010

Swan Bell, Perth

Atop Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne

Blue Mountains, Sydney

Warner Bros Movieworld, Gold Coast

Thank you =)

The winter plan

2010-01-05T08:51:00.003+03:00

Histology=15th January

Anatomy=21st January

Turkey=23rd Jan to 3rd Feb

Hope everything will be in order. We plan but it is Him who determines.

=)

Indah bukan?

2009-12-30T04:04:00.004+03:00

Alangkah indahnya
Jika manusia ini sama
Akal, perangai dan juga fikiran
Tiadalah masalah bertandang dan singgah, bukan?

Alangkah indahnya
Jika keadaan dunia sama
Tenang aman selesa senang
Pupuslah segala keluhan sejuk dan panas, bukan?

Alangkah indahnya
Jika segalanya percuma
Wang duit sudah tiada nilainya
Mengambil yang berkenan
Tanpa takut, malu dan segan

Oh, indahnya, bukan?

Tetapi tidak sesekali ia berlaku
Kerna dunia ini dicipta Tuhan
Dicipta dengan teliti dan sempurna
Daripada sekecil-kecil sel hinggalah sebesar-besar organisma
Segalanya dengan sebab dan alasan
Untuk tujuan yang terutama
Melakukan apa disuruh-Nya, dan meninggalkan apa larangan-Nya

adikku yg gedempol

2009-12-29T18:54:00.003+03:00

Hari ni birthday dia. Dulu bila birthday dia dalam 8 tahun lepas, dia bercita-cita untuk menjadi seorang wrestler yang hebat. Harap-harap ianya menjadi kenyataan :)

Selamat Hari Jadi Syed Faiq. Moga sentiasa dicucuri rahmat dan diberkati-Nya :)

No?

2009-12-19T16:48:00.003+03:00

"Why say "NO" to something you did not agree with? Respect others point of view, think twice and probably it is a life changing decision for you."

-anonymous

It is December?

2009-12-04T09:19:00.004+03:00

It has been 2 weeks since my last update but I think that this is normal for me. I've never exceeded 4 posts a month and my normal frequency is once a month. And now with the frequency of me using the computer is getting lesser, posting something here would have taken my time off my daily usage. What a lame excuse it is, but now my laptop has got 2 users. Somehow spending less time on the computer made me spend more time on books. Haha. At least i'm revising more compared to facebook-ing, online-ing etc. That is the good part of it :)

Oh well.

A lot of things had happened during the past 2 weeks. We went to the circus! It was interesting, seeing creatures doing what they don't normally do and watching terrifying stunts that can blow your feet of the ground. Yeah, I'm exaggerating :).

The advert

As all of you can see, the event is mostly done to attract the children. And they have done it wonderfully. I think almost half of the hall was full with kids. It started of well-the lights, the effects, the crowd, everything! The two main characters, Dolli and Domeno introduced themselves and the performances begun. From the horses running around the stage, to lions crawling through tunnels. The main idea of all these performances were to make the child to be happier. When the child enters this world of amazing friends, he can befriended with anyone and do anything fun. But throughout the whole night (we were there form 7-10), there were something very inappropriate being shown to the crowd (mostly kids). The female performers they are. Some of them were dressed half-naked! Wow. Is this what they are showing the kids? Maybe it is not suitable for the Eastern culture, but I'm not quite sure about here. I was pretty shocked by this although the main purpose is not to show their body, it is to entertain the crowd and live up their character. Minus hyper revealing performers and some boring scenes, i'm giving it an overall 8/10 rating. If anyone is planning to visit Moscow, a visit to the circus is very recommended. Do try once :)

The lights were beautiful!

This is probably the highlight of the show, which is at the end of it :)

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Referring to my previous post, I was actually kinda mad that day. But emotion changes and doesn't stay in the same position all the time :). Owh and that statement that I said, was actually strengthen by my Histology lecturer recently. I can still remember her saying when the students were noisy, "Keep silence, or sleep if you want to". Lucky us our the other lecturer does not bother to warn anyone of us. Even though we hated that subject so much, why don't we give the lecturer at least some respect? In fact, she is the one who teaches us, trying to give away knowledge that are priceless, yet charged nothing from us. I was mad plus sad the other day. Is this what was teached to us when we were small? This is common sense. I'm sad that not everyone has this kind of thinking. Like an old Malay saying, "Darah sama merah, hati lain-lain". Sigh. The lecturer has done their part, why don't we keep silence and listen to what she is talking about? It can be interesting, if we do not bother to talk, and pay our full attention to her. It won't hurt anyone too :)

Yes. I'm directing this to you, to those who makes noises during the lecture and unconsiously, disturbing it. Tolonglah terasa :)

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Wishlist are out! And alhamdulillah I've got hold on a few of it. First, a keyboard. Now I'm trying to improve myself on it, to not let my fingers karat like what happened before :).

Next, a backpack for travelling. This is what I very much need for this semester. Hope that our plan to go to Turkey and summer plannings will be realised.

3rd, to plan the winter holidays. We planned to go to Turkey and Cyprus might be in the list. Since we are not going to use any tourist guide, we hope to plan this accordingly with, of course, a couple or two hitches. But we will try to minimize it. Oh well, pray for us that this will soon be a reality InsyaAllah. The Cotton castle of Pamukkale, and maybe the Saranta Kolones ruins of Paphos? :)

Cuba fikir?

2009-11-14T02:21:00.003+03:00

Kadang-kadang ada orang cakap, kalau kita tido time orang cakap kat depan, tu tanda tak bagi perhatian. Tapi kalau untuk yang berjaga pula, tapi sembang-sembang hu ha hu ha sampai satu dewan dengar macam mana pulak tu?

Sebab tu lah, orang selalu cakap, "kalau lah tak mau dengar sangat orang tu cakap, lebih baik tido drpd buat bising so that korang tak kacau orang lain".

красно-синий, самый сильный!!

2009-10-23T01:03:00.005+04:00

(Translation=red-blue is the strongest!)

This is what the CSKA Moscow fans are chanting each time their team is playing, wherever and whenever. Even when they lost to any of the big teams I suppose, Man. United for example last Wednesday. A trait that I really respect them, a character of being supportive to your team regardless what happens. Even though I am not into fanaticism, their spirit of their team and fully committed to it makes me wonder, do us Malaysians are doing this, giving our full commitment to our own national team? I'm not generalising here but I am pretty sure that most of us is critisizing them. Why don't we spare them some chance and be supportive to them :).

Oh well, back to the point. The match between CSKA and Man. United was awesome! It was my first experience watching a live football match in a stadium with the local fans. I must admit we do felt a bit insecure before and after the match. But hey, we blended in well, and alhamdulillah we got home safely. It was one helluva experience! I am of course on CSKA side since I don't know why, I don't really like the away team. Unfortunately, the home team lost by one goal, thanks to Antonio Valencia. Haish.

The ticket

Van der Sar warming up

The match is on!

Nani, Semberas, Krasic, Berbatov, Owen

We are under the stadium's roof! :)

We enjoyed the night, screaming and shouting, routing for our favourite team of the day, CSKA. After this I hope that CSKA will advance and meet with either Real Madrid, Barcelona or Arsenal. It will be very interesting :)

I am lucky

2009-10-15T23:26:00.004+04:00

[1] The longest day of the week has officially ended. But of course, we have to endure it every week, therefore ending it today somehow doesn't mean much. Every Thursday will be like this until (I hope) the first sem ended. Day description: Classes+Lectures for 11 hours straight from 9 till 8. Excluding the time taken to get to the metro in the morning and back at the hostel at night. Imagine it during winter. It will be pitch black when we will be on our way home. We love Thursdays. Bright side:3 days of holiday (friday can be considered as holiday too as we have only one class-Russian).We love our weekends.

[2] Syawal updates! Our previous weekends were all. I mean ALL filled with open houses. It was great. The food of course is the greatest. Once we went to the girl's house located at the South of Moscow, there were lotsa pastries. From cheese cakes to caramel. Seriously I can't list everything since there were a lot of them that I didn't know. My sole job is to bring my empty stomach there and do what I do best. Thank you everyone for the open houses! Hope that there will be more even though Syawal is heading toward its end. Tak rugi kalau selalu buat makan-makan :)

[3] I will be a CSKA Moscow fan for a week till next Wednesday. A CSKA muffler maybe? Sure. Never an Man. United fan. See, I can't even type their whole team name. I just don't know why. Owh, will be back to Bolton's after their Champions League match.

[4] Controls, controls and controls. We are having it almost every week. Next is gonna be histology. The subjects are getting tougher and tougher. Nevermind. I have chosen this path and will not turn back ever.

[5] Now residing on the fifth floor of the hostel. To get to this floor, especially after a day of class, will surely be tiring. After one semester, I expect all my pes muscles to grow larger and my fitness to increase. Dah la hampir hari-hari jalan pergi metro (app. 2km).

[6] Still finding some time to go shopping. My stock of khakis and t-shirts has been depleting. I desperately need new ones. Maybe my plan to save for the next summer holiday will fail? Maybe... And the plan to get myself a keyboard is still on. Planning to survey the prices at different places all over Moscow, to get the cheapest and best price, will start tomorrow insyaAllah. "cheap ones are at par with the expensive ones". Life motto.

[7] The winter and summer holiday plans are out! Haha. I hope it won't be a mere plan. Realizing it is my main goal. Winter to where? Secret. Hehe. Summer through the trans-siberian railway to Beijing, Hong Kong, Malaysia. InsyaAllah :)

[8] Tonight is officially our night off. After a hectic 4 days of class, we truly deserve a whole night rest. Alhamdulillah i've still got the chance to write here and being able to update.

[9] One more. Moscow has got its own Carrefour! I have always been wanting to share this but unfortunately, time has been very restricting. It is near Metro Fili. Your welcome.

*Almost all of my posts will somehow, be related to food. I guess I am food-o-philiac?
**Please rout for CSKA Moscow for next week's clash.

For now.

Raya update!

2009-09-26T08:39:00.008+04:00

Adikku manis, cantik bergaya, Bolehkah abang nak sikit kuih raya?..dan seterusnya

At last, a post on aidilfitri here, or more specifically, our first day of Syawal. Our second and the days after are all occupied by classes and worse, controls.

Aidilfitri has been a wonderful time for me this year. It is way better than last year. Since we have been living for nearly together for a year, the gap between us, the students, maybe, has been narrowing by each day. That is what I like about it. Celebrating it together as a community was super fun! Even though we are away from family, the community here made me forget about that. A second family here I suppose? Cool.

Our first day of raya started off well-by waking up late. The best start ever. We were suppose to be ready early as our hostel is situated far from the Malaysian embassy. The girls (as usual) are earlier I don't know why. We ended up late at the embassy. When we reached there, the solat sunat was done and the khutbah has started halfway. Lucky for us there were other latecomers, too and we were grateful for that :).

Khutbah has ended and it is the most anticipated time ever-breakfast. Of course, we woke up late and didn't have much time. Although we missed the solat sunat, we still need to eat right? Again we were lucky as the food served is not that much compared to those who present. The embassy didn't expect that much to come. Ate outside the embassy's compound and after we are done, it is the photography session. Since there are a lot, I mean, A LOT of DSLR owners, I barely took pictures with my compact camera. The feeling of inferiority of course, but hey, at least I got them to take my pics. That morning was really fun. Snapping pictures with everyone, enjoying what we can't if we are back in our hometown. The little tiny whiney feeling of being away from family banished, with the substitution of happiness.

Okay. There were a lot of photos taken on that day. We went straight to the Red Square after finished photoshooting in the embassy's compound. There wasn't, indeed, the kampung feeling but hey, we are now in a city. Just like raya-ing in KL.

do rotate your head for this

class of 2014 that was present

A happy duet?

that is not a mosque (thx mubin)

Yen and Alia on the square

Salam Eid from the Red Square! (thx kumbang)

Obviously, we did what we do best-posing for the cameras and got our pictures in. There are all from the first day of Syawal. What do you think about the second day? Yeah. We have classes of course. That same night, my group mates and I need to prepare for tomorrow's class which is Biochemistry and Histology. But hey, this is our way of celebrating raya. Where else can we experience this? I don't think the Malaysians are crazy enough to not give the second raya as a holiday. If they are, then I am impressed. Our classes are filled as usually, from Monday till Friday. But on weekends, open houses await us. Last weekend only, we had 4 altogether. Fuh! It was tiring. From the north of Moscow, to the south, then centre, after that back home, to the east. Tiring, but it was compensated by the amount of food we ate. No pictures here! Since I forgot to bring my camera with me, and to charge its battery.

It was one helluva raya we got here. Far from family and country doesn't matter, as long as you have a great company with you, regardless which race is he in and where he is from. Wherever we are and whatever we do, adapting with the surrounding and its people is the most important thing. We are here for a purpose, and I'm supposed all of us know about that. Hope that again, I'll be meeting with next year's Ramadhan and Syawal, either in Malaysia or in Moscow.

step into the square

till then.

Malam time raya first tak sempat sebab kena makan dengan buku

2009-09-21T23:07:00.006+04:00

Mood:raya pertama yang seronok, raya kedua penuh dengan kelas.

Belum lagi terlambat untuk wish semua orang selamat hari raya yah?

Salam Aidilfitri!

Moga salah silap dimaafkan dan segalanya dihalalkan. Moga pembaca-pembaca juga gembira di samping keluarga, paling kurang pun di samping rakan-rakan. Selamat berjaya semua :)

*pictures and a more elaborated post will appear later.

Good morning

2009-08-24T21:04:00.003+04:00

[1] Alhamdulillah. Tick tock tick tock. Everything has gone so fast that I did not realize that it is already the 3rd day of Ramadhan. Syukur to the Almighty because we are once again able to be in this fasting month. I considered myself as lucky since not everyone were given the chance to feel what I am experiencing. Do be grateful to everything, as there are hiqmah in anything that is going on.

[2] Tonight is my last night here at home. And this is surely my last post from Penang, our beloved land and truly the best one, at least to me. How I wish I could spend more nights here with my family and friends. But fortunately [:)], tomorrow night we will be flying off, again, to our beloved-too-city of Moscow. Sorry to all my friends that I did not meet during the past 2 months. There are always next year right? And thank you to all that I have met. It is a pleasure for me to have you guys around and to know that you still remember me.

[3] Before I left for my place of study, of course, there are a lot of shopping needs to be done. Especially during this Malaysian Mega sale. It is ahmayzing. As usual before shopping, a visit to the ATM is a must. I was queueing up waiting for my turn. There are two ladies in front of me, spending their own sweet time, doing I dont know what with the ATmachine. After a while of patience (puasa), finally they are done. While I was withdrawing, a guard was standing beside me. And the most grotesque thing happened. That guard spitted beside me! S**t. Although he aimed for the waste paper basket, which in coincidently beside me too, it was very rude. Rukun negara ke-5: Kesopanan dan kesusilaan. What happened to it? Obviously we as Malaysian did not practice what is written. There are no use of reciting it everyday if we do not know what it really means.

[4] No more playing and twindling with my hair. Short indeed now. New semester new hairstyle. Cool :).

[5] Most of the things in my wishlist for the holiday has been fulfilled. Some of it aren't, which including finishing up the anatomy syllabus from page one till the end. Aiseh. Will double up the effort next sem.

[6]And for the next sem, I have been hoping to buy a keyboard. At least it can kill my boredom. I need some music in me.

[7] For my last night here, I think this is enough. Happy fasting to everyone, and hope to see all of you back in Moscow in one piece.

Care for a nose job?

2009-08-18T17:44:00.015+04:00

I know that I have not been posting anything lately. And owh, the title has nothing to do witht he post alright:). My 2 months of holiday are so filled with a lot of things until I have no idea on what to put up. Ok, I'm lying. I have been spending most of my time at home and I am sure loving it :). My brain is just so drained up that I do not know what to write. Being at home relaxing is actually the best way of meditating. At least I am thinking of that. Anytime I want to sleep, anytime I want to eat or drink, I can actually do everything without any restrictions. No anatomy books to stop me from sleeping, apparently, no restriction to anything. Hehe. This is what I call life.

Apart from being at home, I have traveled a lot. From Kedah to Johor, the only state that I did not stop by is Melaka and Negeri Sembilan. Of course, when it comes to travelling, money came first as the main priority. Most of the money goes to my mode of travelling-the bus. Others were spent on food etc. To my surprise, I have been going back and forth, from Penang to Selangor and vice versa, around 5 times! Now that is a record for myself. 5 times in 2 months. One word=WOW. As you can see, I am now nearly broke to be. I am really hoping that our monthly allowance will be deposited soon to our accounts. Amin.

Being at home has made me addicted with this one gadget-the camera. Since I do not own one (a DSLR I mean), this is the chance for me to play with it to the fullest! I have been exploring it, but what can I say when I am not as talented and my knowledge in photography is very little. But there is no harm in trying right? Some of my shots are in my flickr, here are some which are not. I am not using real life models since it is harder to be handled with :).

Panning: This was my first try :)

Frenzy at Bukit Jalil LRT

At 1945 Penang. I was shocked that it was not dark yet.

The famous Russian matryoshka doll

4 years and still in use. Rubber band or not, I hope our relationship will never end.

Children. We are the ones who colours them.

Oh well, at least my holiday is filled up with something. It is not boring at all! Even though I did not go for holidays in Tioman or Kuching, I am still enjoying it. Nothing beats the tranquility and serenity of being at home!

Friday night

2009-08-07T20:24:00.002+04:00

Current favourite: Do you-Yiruma

I have no idea but his pieces has been stuck inside my head since the first day I heard it. A must to listen. Do search for his music in youtube :)

Bersediakah kita?

2009-07-21T17:56:00.003+04:00

Sudah bersediakah anda ketika dipanggil oleh Allah S.W.T?
Bersihkan lah dirimu sebelum kamu dimandikan,
Berwudhu'lah sebelum kamu diwudhu'kan,
Bersolatlah sebelum kamu disolatkan,
Tutuplah aurat sebelum auratmu ditutupkan,
Dengan kain kafan yang serba putih,
Tiada guna lagi sedih pada waktu itu,
Walaupun yang hadir itu merintih.

Selepas itu diletaknya di atas lantai,
Lalu dilaksanakan solat jenazah,
Dengan empat takbir dan satu salam,
Berserta Fatihah, selawat dan doa,
Sebagai memenuhi tuntutan kifayah.

Tapi apakah empat takbir itu dapat menebus,
Segala dosa tinggalkan solat tatkala hidup?
Apakah solat tanpa rukuk dan sujud itu,
Dapat membayar hutang rukuk dan sujud yang telah luput?

Sungguh tertipulah dirimu jika beranggapan demikian,
Justeru ku menyeru saudaraku sekalian,
Usunglah dirimu ke tikar solat,
Sebelum diusung ke liang lahad,
Menjadi makanan, cacing dan ulat.

Iringilah dirimu ke masjid,
Sebelum kamu diiringi ke pusara,
Tangisilah dosa-dosamu di dunia,
Kerana tangisan tidak berguna lagi di alam baqa'.

Sucikanlah dirimu sebelum kamu disucikan,
Sedarlah kamu sebelum kamu disedarkan,
Dengan panggilan Izrail yang menakutkan!
Berimanlah kamu sebelkum ditalkinkan,
Kerana ianya berguna untuk yang tinggal,
Bukan yang pergi.

Beristighfarlah kamu sebelum diistighfarkan,
Namun ketika itu istighfar tidak menyelamatkan.

Ingatlah di mana sahaja kamu berada,
Kamu tetap memijak bumi Tuhan,
Dan dibumbungi dengan langit Tuhan,
Serta menikmati rezeki Tuhan,
Justeru bila Dia menyeru,
Sambutlah seruan-Nya sebelum Dia memanggilmu,
Ingatlah kamu, hamba-Nya yang hina.

Dari air mani,
Menjadi segumpal darah,
Menjadi seketul daging,
Lalu daging itu membaluti tulang,
Lalu jadilah kamu insan yang mempunyai erti.

Ingatlah asal usulmu yang tidak bernilai itu,
Unsur tanah, pijakan ramai,
Jijik ada yang kata, kotor ramai yang rasa,
Tetapi Allah mengangkatmu ke suatu mercu,
Yang lebih agung dari malaikat.

Lahirmu bukan untuk dunia,
Tapi gunakanlah ia buat melayar bahtera akhirat.

Sambutlah seruan "Hayya 'alas Solah"
Denga penuh rela dan bersedia,
Sambutlah seruan"Hayya 'alal Falah"
Jalan kemenangan dunia dan akhirat.

Ingatlah yang kekal adalah amal,
Menjadi bekal sepanjang jalan,
Menjadi teman di perjalanan,
Untuk kembali ke pangkuan Tuhan.

Pada hari itu tiada gunanya,
Harta, takhta dan putera,
Isteri, wang dan kereta,
Rumah, saham dan niaga,
Kalau dahi tak mencecah tanah di dunia.

Courtesy of Surau Hospital Ampang Putri

Sebagai peringatan bukan sahaja kepada semua pembaca, juga untuk diri penulis yang lemah ini. Saya teringat kata-kata seorang rakan, "Semoga panjang umur, mati tak mengenal umur". Memang betul katanya. Segalanya mengikut ketetapan Allah s.w.t. Mungkin hari ini kita masih sihat, esoknya kita sudah tiada. Sesungguhnya dunia ini hanya sementara dan akhirat jua pengakhirannya. Harap agar menjadi pengajaran buat semua.

Amaran

2009-07-02T13:11:00.002+04:00

Post kali ini ada kaitan dengan yang masih hidup mahupun yang telah meninggal dunia.

Berikut adalah beberapa wish-wish yang diberikan kepada aku melalui penulisan, sebelum aku meninggalkan setiap sekolah yang aku pernah pergi. Terjumpa buku berkenaan ini tatkala bosan dan insomnia.

Aku dapat yang ini waktu tingkatan 4, bila nak tukar sekolah pertama. Sang penulis=Afif (nama tak dicensored atas sebab tertentu). Wishnya (klik gambar untuk besarkan, kalau tak boleh, baca sini sahaja): "Aku harap rambut hang membesar".

POOF!! Alhamdulillah. Doa anda dimakbulkan. Rambut aku sekarang besar dan sedang membesar dengan pesat.

Ada lagi 3 di atas tetapi tidak begitu penting.

Ini pula yang kedua. Aku dapat waktu nak keluar dari SBPI Kubang Pasu nak masuk RMC.

POOF!! Doa anda juga dimakbulkan. Alhamdulillah aku masih lagi seperti tertera di atas.

Perhatian kepada rakan-rakan seperjuangan aku di Moscow, nukilan ini bertarikh pada 2006. Maksudnya aku dari dulu dah cute. Tidak boleh disangkal lagi. Nama penulis dicensored kerana sebab khas. Sekarang kerana bilik aku dulu kesemuanya mempunyai nama binatang kecuali aku, jadi aku diberi nama hamster. Memang secocok.

Selepas selesai dengan buku itu, aku beralih kepada fail aku yang lama tidak berbuka. Aku selak-selak dan ternampak satu surat (bertulis tangan). Aku masih ingat, sebab surat ini lah aku kena marah sebab kawan aku tak tulis nama aku atas sampul. Tempat menerima:sekolah. Hampes.

Dia tulis satu persamaan "tak cukup tidur+study gila-gila=me". Aku harap anda tidak gila macam study yea. Mungkin surat yang pertama dan terakhir aku dapat kerana orang zaman sekarang lebih suka berbalas e-mail ataupun SMS walaupun tulisan tangan merupakan sesuatu yang lebih bermakna. Aku tahu, aku sendiri tidak suka menulis, lebih-lebih lagi surat. Akan tetapi, kepada sesiapa yang ingin menghantar surat bertulis tangan kepada aku, InsyaAllah akan aku usahakan untuk membalasnya.

*Aku harap agar tiada siapa akan berasa tersinggung.
Sekian untuk kali ini. Cuti ini ada juga faedahnya.

3 penjuru

2009-06-23T22:19:00.000+04:00

i.
Di satu penjuru sebelah kanan,
Kedengaran sayup, suara rakan,
Keluar segar dari dewan,
Sibuk berbincang tentang peperiksaan,
Itu salah, ini bukan,
Pelbagai bahan menjadi alasan.

Terdengar juga perkataan-perkataan,
Yang tidak patut menjadi perbualan,
Kata-kata kesat memenuhi ruangan,
Jelak mata memandang, rosak pendengaran.

Mengapa harus diperkata sedemikian?
Tidak syukurkah wahai insan?
Adakah dia kurang kefahaman?
Ataupun tidak pernah dia praktikkan?
Percayalah bahawa terdapat kebaikan,
Dari segala yang sudah ditetapkan.

ii.
Halaman yang penuh dengan pelajar,
Ada membaca, ada berehat sahaja,
Seorang demi seorang, masuk ke dewan,
Seorang demi seorang, keluar dengan keputusan.

Sekumpulan manusia sedang berbincang,
Didatangi taulan, yang melepasi rintangan,
Bolehlah, kata si taulan,
Keputusan elok sekadar memuaskan,
"Adakah benar wahai teman?"
"Ya, benar" jawapan penuh keyakinan.

Sukar untuk kami percaya,
Kerana si taulan, pelajar istimewa,
Segalanya berada, di hujung jarinya,
Memuaskan? Pelik bunyinya.

Tepat sekali jangkaan kami,
Si taulan sebenarnya, mendapat lima,
Mengapa sanggup memalsukannya?
Kerana mahu menangkis riak?
Ya, semua faham. Tetapi caranya, betul atau tidak?
Adakah tiada alternatif yang lain?
Banyak tawakal, mungkin jawabnya,
Tiada riak, tipu pun tidak.

iii.
Suara halus di penghujung sana,
Milik wanita berbaju terang, bertudung gelap,
Duduk bersila mengenang nasib,
Bermusahabah berfikir kembali,
Salah silap semalam dan hari ini.

Linangan air mengalir di pipi,
Titis demi titis jatuh ke lantai,
Saccus lacrimalis terbuka, tanpa disedari pemiliknya,
Telah cuba dia bertahan, tetapi gagal,
Suasana hening di pagi peperiksaan,
Sesiapapun tak sedar, gerangan sang penangis.

Perlahan-lahan mencapai bagasi,
Apakah isinya memberi ketenangan?
Sejenis naskhah dibawa keluar,
Satu per satu diselak sang wanita,
Ya, benar. Al-Quran dipegangnya,
Menghayati setiap ayat yang tersimpan,
Untuk mendapat ketenangan yang berkekalan.

Wanita tabah menghadapi dugaan,
Walau apa rintangan di hadapan,
Kitab suci Allah sentiasa menjadi pegangan,
Tatkala senang mahupun kesempitan.

Nota 1: Saccus lacrimalis ialah "tear sac" dalam Latin.

Nota 2: Minta maaf kerana lama tidak update =). Sibuk dengan persiapan pulang dan peperiksaan. Post ini pun sudah lama, cuma tak sempat untuk publish.

A moment of relaxation

2009-05-31T16:24:00.007+04:00

30th of May 2009. It was sunny and there was no sign of rain whatsoever. What else can you describe the weather as? Perfect? Superb? And everything synonym with it of course =). A great day for a picnic a.k.a barbecue. We had that yesterday. It was fantastic. Especially the food. Although it was a little bit burnt, whatever that can be filled into our stomach, is considered as tasty and delicious. I can't say anything about the cooking as I am not the man behind the grill (want to keep my shirt off the smell of smoke). I was assigned as the photographer on that day. I know it might not be great photos, but hey, pictures say a thousand words aite? Location=a pond near the M2 hostel. The place is very strategic yet magnificent. The view is nice (I mean the environment, not the ones who were sunbathing). Went there around 10 and returned at 3. After eating, me and Fuad went to the other end of the lake to rent i-dont-know-what-it-is-called-thing (see picture below) to explore the lake more. Had a great time my friends. Sorry to those who weren't invited. Next time we'll organize a larger one. Huhu =.=' :).

First round of chicken

Paul jaga api?? :)

The garlic breads

Am grateful that you can't reach my head. Hehe

Second round of chicken

Careful. Acap might get his hand burnt

4 girls, a guy and a barbecue place?? :)

Me and Fuad on "the thing" :)

Matthew and Qaiyum. Happy with a full stomach

The chickens were great and obviously everyone played their own role in making this event a successful one. Thank you to all! =)

One down NINE to go =)

2009-05-20T17:27:00.009+04:00

Activities that have passed=

1st: Volgames in Volgograd-The city of heroes (end of April)
2nd: Interusrah games (May 1st in Kahovskaya). Of course we had a blast :)
3rd: Picnic with roommates and friends near the Moscow river (2nd May)
4th: Quest of searching the mosque near Prak Pobedy. Alhamdulillah we reached there safely.
5th: Watched the Victory day parade near Metro Mayakovskaya. It was superb! With all the military tanks and artilleries.
6th: Barbeque at the park (9th May at the embassy). It was a fantastic day. The weather was nice and the best part was that we were in charge of the grills. Haha. The men behind the roasted chickens and sausages. Cook and eat. That is what we do best :)
7th: Another picnic at Vorobyoviy Gori. This time with my usrah group.
8th: Bought a new pair of rollerskates for leisure. Hehe

Here are some pictures for it. Captions are at the bottom yah.

1st: Volgograd's trade mark- Mamayev Kurgan

With the statue. And I am sitting like a few hundred meters away from the monument. It is humangous!2nd: First game, futsal. Had a blast even though I did not score any. Hehe Some light snacks that were brought by all of us 3rd: Nice day at Vorobyovi Gori Not to forget the foods =)4th: Interior of the mosque near Park Pobedy. Alhamdulillah 5th: One of the tanks passing by the road Pai, me and Fuad on the roadside during the march pass 6th: Barbeque at the park! Yeah! Can you see me? :)Post-BBQ. Our job is to finish off all the food. Yummy 7th: Bro usrah and kucai Muka-muka keinsafan 8th: After a few times falling I think? First time on the skates maa The park in front of M2 hostel. we took some time to rest before we head back :)

Had a blast on all of these days. Hope that history can be repeated again. Hehe. But now, it comes the stressful part. The things that are to be done from now till the end of the month

Activities that is now need to be done=EXAMS

One down=Multiple Choice Questions for General Chemistry. How did I fare? Let just say that I don't think that I did my best. Huhu. Now I am just hoping that I passed that exam. And 9 more? Too many to be listed. Probably none of you would like to know (b'coz it is 9!!) =). Oh well, wish me luck in my exams and hope that I can be back in Malaysia this upcoming summer holidays. Catcha later. Salam.

With love,
Syed Danial =)

Mama

2009-05-10T23:15:00.006+04:00

Pertama, 5 April 1988,
Kedua, 20 Julai 1990,
Ketiga, 10 April 1992
Keempat, 29 Disember 1993.

Apakah signifikannya tarikh-tarikh ini?
Mengapakah disusun sebegitu rupa?
Persoalan bertubi-tubi, adakah ia siapa? adakah tarikh semata-mata?
Tarikh lalu hanya sejarah, meskipun orang lupa,
Lupa akan sejarah, perkara biasa, sekeliling kita.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Adakah kita ingat?
Pabila ibu melahirkan kita?
Atau kita terlalu sibuk,
Meminta hadiah, bersama yang lain?

Tidakkah kita ingat,
Pada ketika itu, pada detik itu,
Seorang insan bernama ibu,
Mengerah segala kudrat dan kekuatan,
Menghasilkan kontraksi, menahan sakit dan keperitan.

Semua insan tidak sempurna,
Sifat lupa tak lari ke mana,
Sekadar peringatan kepada semua,
Tanpa ibu siapalah kita.

5 April-Puteri pertama, Sharifah Sarah
20 Julai-Putera pertama, Syed Danial
10 April-Putera kedua, Syed Afiq
29 Disember-Putera ketiga, Syed Faiq
Dengan tambahan, Muhammad Hazim
Terima kasih Mak!
Selamat hari ibu =)

Another award =)

2009-05-09T00:43:00.002+04:00

This is called the friendship award. Given by Mademoiselle Napster, specially to the selected ones only. Hehe. The best blogger?? I am not so sure about that. But heck, I am still taking the award =). Thank you very much and hope that we'll keep intact as friends forever and ever =)
And for the rules:

1. Put this badge in your awesome blog

2. Award this badge to 10 bloggers whom you think are inspirational n friendly.

3. Make sure you put the recipients' names here, Publish posting with their links.

4. Let them know about this.

And this Friendship Award goes to:

All the bloggers in my list! You guys are all my friends so I am giving this to everyone! Including you mister Napster (it wasn't allowed for my first tag, but I think for this one, I can re-tag you right? Hehe). Thank you again :)

A matter of thought

2009-05-01T06:27:00.004+04:00

"Though calculus is hard to do, to be good and make others feel good about you is harder. Especially when u had hurt the person before"
-Anonymous

This quote is one of the results from my daily free time activity-blog hopping :). A very catchy quote indeed, since I might have hurt someone either directly or indirectly. And true, if you've tried hard, hard enough for that person to feel at ease with you again, it is almost impossible. A scar inside might not be seen, but it can not be cured even by the best doctors in the world. So, now, I would like to apologize, for every wrong doings that I did, to everyone. I know that this is not sufficient at all (hey, everyone can type nice words and put it into their posts right?), but this actually comes from the bottom of my heart. I hope that this will be the first step for me in becoming a better person in front of everyone, my relatives, friends and the community. Thank you :)

Once I heard," To improve our hablum minallah, first we need to improve our hablum minnas".

Knock knock!

2009-04-20T09:58:00.012+04:00

Hello spring. Good bye winter =). I guess it is already spring here in Moscow since the weather is rising up and the snow and muddy walkway are already gone. Owh, maybe not the snow-yet. Because it was snowing kinda heavily last Saturday! People are expecting spring to come but then, it is snowing. That is what we call the power of God. Even though it is spring, if He wants the snow to fall, then it will fall.

Oh ya, firstly let me explain about the title of this post :). People might think "why it is knock knock?". Nothing to do with the seasons. Hehe. Say hello to the 5 days holiday that we are having! (actually not so hello since we had it since Friday, just that I can't think of another title). Yeah, Friday. Since I skipped the Physics lecture for the first and maybe, the second last time (next week terpaksa as we are going to Volgograd). Feeling guilty of course, but for the sake of Friday prayers, that was what we did. Something need to be sacrificed for another something, although both are equally important to us. Now I am in a dilemma for the weeks to come. Which one should I choose after this? I'll bear that in my mind and ask someone professional for it :). And we had a small basketball training after that (around 4?). It was our last training before the curfew, and guess what? It ain't done me any good. Ok, for the formations, I got it, but for the post-play, I was not very happy with it. Blaming it to whom? Well, i'll just keep it to myself :).

Second day: Saturday. Woke up late in the morning =.='. Not normal here since that Sun rises very very early. Huhu. Did my subuh prayers, and then, got ready to go to Uncle Zul's house. First we stopped at Ashan to buy something for Angah (uncle's cute daughter. Hehe) for her birthday. We got 2 cakes and a few bottle of iced tea. Got out of Ashan and it is time for the most anticipating moment ever-bus waiting. Geez. We all hate this. It was already one hour, and there was no bus whatsoever that is going to uncle's house. We decided to take the first bus (that is not heading to where we are going), and then switch to another bus. The chances are higher, but we ended up taking the bus that also pass through the first place we waited. Typical Saturday morning. Every week before our Saturday classes, the same thing happened :). At last we arrived at uncle's house. And, we were late for one a half hour than what we promised. Huhu. Sorry! They were cooking when we arrived. The girls (seniors) were busy helping auntie with the dishes while the guys were busy (too) keeping the kids enlighten and happy. Maybe that was the only thing that we can do. The menu for that day : Nasi tomato, ayam masak merah and sambal belacan. SLURRPPP!!! It has been ages since we last ate that kind of food. It was delicious and saliva-dropping. Before lunch, we had a small birthday celebration for Angah and Mete (a senior, whose birthday falls coincidencely on the day we came). We had to make it earlier because Mete and a friend of his were leaving for a sport training. Here are some pictures of it:

Happy birthday bro and angah! :)
Before the small celebration

Wah! Boya penyayang :)
Me and the "hawt" guy. (Feeling surprisingly warm when he put his hand on me :))
Some random not-so-nice pic during it

Okie. Done with the birthday. Next was the time that we were waiting for. The climax. The highlight of all the event. Lunch! and cake eating. Hehe. We chatted as we filled up our empty belly. We didn't had breakfast so..... I'll leave it that for you to think what is it :). Lunch done and people were going off. We had some rest. Watched the television, played some games (virtual games i.e the console) and fooling around with the kids. Around 4 o'clock, we went down to the playground and played football and badminton. It was nice playing with them. Reminiscing the memories of me playing with my sisters and brothers, cousin and uncles, friends and girlfriends. Ahhh. Those were one of the beautiful days of my life. Me and Fuad decided to hop on the swing. It was calm and the weather was superb. The sun was rising high, high enough to make someone heliophobia to keep himself in the shades.

Fuad wasn't focusing!!

Everyone was tired and we headed back up around 5. We stayed in uncle's house until 8 o'clock. In between it, auntie served us with fried mee with prawn. Man. I think she read our mind on this. Hehe. Thank you very much uncle and auntie for your hospitality! We will be there again some other time! :). Left their house 15 after 8, as we have promised Hazzeeq and the other dudes to play futsal that night. Lucky us, the court wasn't far from our hostel. If not, we won't have the guts to even stepped out of the hostel at night. It was really fun. Especially when you can do what is called ole to other people. Haha. Not my worst game that night Kur. 2 was more than enough :). Got back. Did my Isya' prayers and poof! Off to bed. One day down.

Sunday. The cycle continues as usual. Woke up late, laze around the room, surfing the internet, talked to my mother, listening to music, and chatting with the dudes in the room. For the first time, I browsed through youtube by myself (I have on the internet by not streaming on videos :)). I don't know why but I started searching on all of the Petronas Raya, CNY and Deepavali commercial. Surprisingly, one of the commercial put me on tears. It reminds me of my parents and to cherish them always. Remember them always, the sacrifices that they've made and the love that they have given to you. I'll link it up at the end of my post. And I didn't even touch the book! Aiyoh! What is happening bro?! Hope to start studying by today. Need to fill up my brain with something useful and educational at least. I-desperately-need-some-study-boosting-pills.

And now, it is Monday. Already half past 12. Qaiyum is getting ready to cook lunch for us, and I am leaving soon to help him. 2 and a half more days to go until our holiday ends. What to do. We are not allowed to get out of the hostels because of certain circumtances. And because of that circumstance also that we were given this holiday. Like what Kak Sarah said (a senior here, sorry for taking your words, maybe you won't even know, but nevermind), it is actually not a holiday, more like a horrid-day. If you don't know about it, then it is better to not know about it. Ok, now I am going back to my daily routine. And going to start studying since the Anatomy controls are around the corner. Now say hi to the books :). Salam.

Sang Penakut

2009-04-05T04:42:00.001+04:00

Melihat ke luar tingkap,
Memandang telus, ke cabangan jalan persisiran kota,
Duduk termangu, memikir apa akan berlaku,
Kaki di atas pemanas, minda berjalan pantas,
Aktiviti sang penakut, tanpa berkata, tanpa menyebut,
Mulut terkunci, suara terlekat, pada tekak sendiri.

Kedengaran suara rakan, sedang rancak dalam perbualan,
Namun, sang penakut masih di dalam dunianya,
Melayang-layang di alam fantasi,
Senyap seketika, rakan bergurau senda,
Ingin menggetarkan kotak suara, tetapi hampa,
Otot larynx kejang, tidak mampu bertutur panjang.

Apakah yang boleh dilakukan?
Pabila sejak azali sudah ditetapkan,
Mindanya dikawal oleh perasaan,
Perasaan menyepi dari persekitaraan,
Perasaan takut menyelubungi badan.

Terlalu banyak rahsia disimpan, malu untuk diterjemahkan,
Daripada marah kepada seseorang,
Hingga ke cinta pada gadis pinangan,
Cerita terpendam di hati, adakah boleh dibawa mati?
Akan tetapi, perlukah anda semua mengetahui?
Biarlah cerita hanyut dek ingatan luput,
Kerna itulah sifat sang penakut,
Menyimpan apa yang diketahui, mengunci segala berkenaan diri.

Kisah sang penakut, mengusir diri dari realiti,
Hanya fikir, fikir dan fikir,
Tiada aplikasi, tiada intonasi,
Ekspresi muka senantiasa sama, tatkala serius mahupun gembira,
Sudah diketahui semua, walau senyuman, tiada beza,
Sang penakut, masih si dia.

Tagged by Napster! nombre 2

2009-03-15T20:22:00.003+03:00

1. copy paste award on your blog once u get it

2. make an entry as if it is a grammy award

3. tag 5 other blogger

4. NEVER break the chain, pls.

*throwing confetti* *clap clap* :)

First of all, I would like to thank Napster (Atiqah) for the award and tagging me. Haha. I am doing 2 tags in a row without any intermediate post in between it. Sorry for not updating for such a long time. Internet problems (well, not really. It is just that the internet is expensive. Hehe). I can obviously live without internet. Yay! It is an achievement all right. A few of the selected ones who can live without this cyber drug. Thank you again Atiqah! I know that my blog is the rockest. Hehe. Now I am going to tag:

1. Lyana Hamka

2. Wadie

3. Hanis

4. Nazrin

5. Bilik 705. Hehe

tag from Kak Pah :)

2009-02-14T16:54:00.005+03:00

I just do not know why I am doing this. This is my first got-tagged-by by the way. A big round of applause to me. Haha. Thank you very much to Miss Sharifah Anis for tagging me. Spasiba vam balshoye :) I have no idea on how to do this but here I go :).

1. What is the relationship of you and him/her?

~ some special relationship which I think is unappropriate to be told here :)

2. Your impressions towards him/her.

~ Very nice, good looking and smart :)

3. The most memorable things he/she had done for you.

~ A LOT. It is just so many that I can't even remember a single thing :)

5. If he/she become your lover, you will..

~ cherish *ehem* with all my life :)

6. If he/she become your enemy, you will...

~ redha dengan ketentuan Tuhan. Since I am not grateful with what I have right..

7. If he/she become your lover, he/she has to improve on his/her..

~ vocal ability, and self-confidence :)

8. If he/she become your enemy, the reason is...
~ myself :(

9. The most desirable thing to do on him/her is..

~ to stare on *ehem* face and smile with the most charming smile ever :)

10. The overall impression of him/her is..

~ a good person to be with :)

11. How do you think the people around you will feel about you?

~ No idea. And I do not bother asking. I am just being myself. If there is any unsatisfaction, come and face me.

12. The character of you for yourself is?

~ a free-guy (free as in "hey he is giving out free food". Hehe)

13. On contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?

~ can not make an angry face. Huhu

14. The most ideal person that you wanna be is?

~ myself

15. For the people who likes you, say something to them..

~ paw sikit roti! (bukan satu pertanyaan :))

16. 8 people to tag:

~ must it be 8? I have only 2 in my mind. Tag you back Anis. Haha. It is legal right? :) And Dawa :).

17. who is no. 2 having a relationship with?

~ someone. I don't really know him :)

18. Is no. 3 a male or a female?

~ no no.3. I have tagged only 2 people :)

19. If no. 7 and no. 8 were together, would it be a good thing?

~ Refer to above :)

20. How about no. 5 and 6?

~ nothing will happen. Coz they do not really exist :)

21. What is no. 1 studying about?

~ utp. And I dunno why, I saw here in a flash when i sent my sister there. And she looked fat**r :).Saja ja nak cakap ni. Hehe.

22. Is no. 4 single?

~ no number 4 :)

23. Say something about no. 2..

~ manusia yang suka mengarut and berleter :)

Что делать? (What to do?)

2009-02-06T01:51:00.007+03:00

It is already 2 in the morning here in Moscow and my eyes are still wide open! I just don't know what to do. Sleep? Nah.The bed is not calling me yet. Maybe I am already used to sleeping late at night since we are in our holidays. My biological clock has turned upside down. And my second semester is going to start soon. How do I tune it back? Arghhh. Thinking about it only makes me worried. Hoping everything will be fine soon :).

We are not running away from the topic alright. The question again: What to do when you can't sleep or are bored at late at night? You can't go out to inhale the fresh night air, you have no games in your laptop, and you have no mates to talk to since, obviously, they all had long gone to the dream world (also because that you are in a different time zone). The best solution is, at least for me, is EAT! Yeah.I totally adore eating whenever I'm alone with not much thing to do. From snacks to heavy meals, anything that can be swallowed through my esophagus would be fine. Here I would like to share a simple way of making a very simple sandwich, if you are staying away from home, the common kitchen is closed, or your house/hostel just don't have a kitchen. I am highly recommending this method to the ones who are either lazy or incapable to prepare something complicated.

The things:

1) Bread (2 slices are enough, but if you crave for more, please, be my guest)
2) Cheese (open up your fridge and see how many you've got. Usually I used half)
3) Sauce (can be either chili or tomato)
4) Black pepper (to make it tastes slightly better)
5) A plate (to prevent any accidents of sauce spillage to happen)

The method:

1) Take the 2 slices of bread and put it on the plate. (WARNING: Do not stack the breads because it will mess up with the subsequent steps)
2) Take off the plastic cover from the cheese that you have bought. Cut it into half (in case that you are in the same boat as mine-saving). Make sure it is symmetry.
3) Put half of the cheese back into the refrigerator.
4) Place the other half on one of the bread carefully.
5) Add some tomato sauce on the same bread as you like. Do not waste a single drop of it. To waste even one drop might cause stir some war in between the members of the room.
6) Grind some black pepper on the same bread as much as you want.
7) Put the other slice of bread on the one cheesed. Again, be careful on doing this. It is actually the trickiest part of the whole process as it must fit the other slice exactly. Failure of doing this can cause a slight change in the taste of the sandwich.
8) Finally, the sandwich is ready. Enjoy your meal while it is still fresh. Do not keep it overnight as it can affect the texture of the cheese.

Serving suggestion:

As you can see here, I am enjoying it with Skittles. Different candies can also be used.

*Eat when you have nothing to do. You need the focus to actually appreciate the taste of it.

*Instructions are to be followed attentively because the slightest mistake can lead to a disaster. Outcome may vary. Happy trying. :)

Seorang

2009-01-28T14:15:00.014+03:00

Seorang penjual roti,
Berdiri di penjuru sebatang jalan,
Menunggu sesiapa untuk bertandang,
Sambil menikmati keadaan sekeliling,
Keadaan yang aman di petang Ahad.

Seorang peniaga buku,
Sedang rancak melelongkan buku-bukunya,
Manusia tidak putus-putus datang dan pergi,
Nasibnya begitu berbeza,
Untung berlipat ganda,
Rugi jauh sekali.

Seorang penjaga kedai,
Sibuk mengemas rak-rak barangan,
Tanpa mengendahkan sesiapa yang berkunjung,
Fokus kepada kerjanya tidak berbelah bahagi,
Menyusun dengan begitu teratur dan sempurna.

Seorang pengunjung pasar,
Berhajat untuk membeli,
Menggunakan segala deria yang dianugerah-Nya,
Mata, telinga, hidung,
Melihat, mendengar, dan menghidu,
Segala yang diingini.

Dalam kekecohan ini,
Seorang peminta sedekah,
Sedang bertasbih di tengah-tengah laluan,
Tanpa kaki dan sebelah tangan,
Menagih simpati kepada yang datang,
Memohon dinar, meringankan beban.

Kini, tiada lagi pengunjung,
Tiada lagi peniaga,
Yang membeli dan menjual,
Pasar yang dahulunya hingar dengan lelongan-lelongan,
Menjadi padang jarak padang terkukur,
Penuh dengan katrij peluru,
Penuh dengan mayat-mayat homosapien,
Tersusun rapi, berlapis-lapis.

Mayat-mayat dihampar di antara langit dan bumi,
Terbiar reput di bawah pancaran sang suria,
Tiada siapa sanggup melihat,
Mahupun menjenguk,
Dihembus angin sepoi-sepoi bahasa,
Tenggelam di bawah timbunan pasir,
Pasir buatan manusia,
Daripada dentuman simen dan konkrit.

Ice Skating in Gorky Park

2009-01-24T01:28:00.013+03:00

It has been a while since I last posted anything here. What can i do? Our holidays have been filled up with either something not really useful or useless. Sleep late, wake up late (of course), staring at the laptop's screen and listening to some antique yet exotic songs. No trip to other places whatsoever, after the plan to go to Murmansk were canceled due to some technical reason. Moscow will be our place of exploration this winter, and I hope that we will at least get to go and see other places in the world as well next year. Well, since we are totally free and absolutely have nothing to do, lots of ideas came pouring out of my mates' brilliant brains on what to do during our break.

First is classic. We used to play this when we were in primary school. Anyone our age that does not know about this game, well, hurm, I can't say anything. Either did not go for standard one to 6 studies, or you just don't want to bother knowing about this game. It is popular by the way. Whoever that does not know how to play this back then in Sek. Keb. Minden Height (my primary school), has a great chance to be deserted. Hehe. What they call this game differs in different states (now only I know about this since everyone in my room and comes to our room frequently came from different states). In Penang and Kedah, it is called "tudung tin" while in Johor and Selangor, "tudung ceper". Here is a quote: Boredom makes everything spills out. From foolish ideas, to the most creative one. Trust me on this :). And it is really nice to recall back our days when we were in the range of age 7 to 12. A lot of good and even the greatest memories happened along these period. We played until morning, laughing and chatting based on the game.

tudung tin, tudung ceper etc. (since I do not know what they call it at other states)

see the concentration on their faces?

(since I am the cameraman, all that I can do is laugh at their way of playing, fun!) :)

Second is ice skating! We have always been wanting to go for ice skating since the start of our holiday, and only yesterday we got the chance to go for it. After searching through the net, I found one interesting place to skate in, the Gorky Park. At first I thought it was free of change to enter the park, but when we arrived there, 80 roubles were charged. I can't believe that even the internet deceives! Since everyone agreed to pay for it, I have no choice but to say yes. It was actually a part of my mistake of not getting the details about that place first. Sorry!

Once we got ourselves inside, Fairuz and I began searching for the place to rent the skating shoes, while the rest did their Asar prayer. We found a place kind of far from the entrance, rented the shoes first then went back to where the others were waiting for us. To our surprise, they have found a place to rent the shoes nearer! All our hard work went down the drain T.T. We did our prayers after that and after that we skated freely! The rink is so huge that I haven't finished exploring every corner of it. Even though the condition of the rink is not like what you expected (with holes and unsteady surface), it was really worth it. It was also my first time so I do not bother about the surface very much. The company of my friends and the excitement made this experience priceless. The rink is outdoor by the way. It makes the excitement a lot better. All of us had a great time, falling onto the hard ice, learning the real way on how to skate, improving ourself, and laughing at each other. After an hour of skating, almost half of us bailed out, reciting that they have blisters and too "weak" to continue. Since we still have the energy to carry on, Fairuz and I decided to add another hour, along with Evana, Kucai, Fuad, Afiqah and Kumbang. We skated in the dark and finished at 1730. It was very exhausting. Fairuz wanted to join the large group of Human Train, but as we were shy of time, maybe next time Pai!

From back: Syahir, Fairuz and me on the skates

Thanks Fairuz for this pic

Post skating picture (except for Fairuz who is now the cameraman) :)

Sore back, swollen toe nails, wrist pain, the parts and parcel of ice skating if you are an beginner, like us. So do not afraid to try something new. There are risk of it but life is about facing risks. Even during eating you might face the risk of getting choked by the food you eat. If you can not face it, then I don't think that you have a life. Just go for it and have fun, that is what matter the most.

I think that wraps it up. Sorry for the long silence. It seems like time flies very fast, especially now, on the holidays. Till then, salam and tata! :)

p/s: In whatever cases you are in, please, do not forget to do your prayers. People gets drowned by entertainment easily, therefore we need to casually remind our friends about this. Have fun for the holidays!

Done!

2009-01-17T01:25:00.004+03:00

Bio-Organic Chemistry Finals-done! Alhamdulillah, all of us here passed the exam with flying colours. Well, most of us. Some did not make it that well that they only passed. Still, everyone could carve a smile on their face, maybe their effort matches the results that they get.

But, some of them could not take it. They thought that their effort exceeds everyone and yet, they still can not produce an excellent results. Here is an incident I would like to share with all the readers out there. After we got our written test results, I saw one of my friends burst into tears. It was all of a sudden. Then I get to know that she did not do that well for the test. She is a bright student, yet is getting an average kind of result. I am not saying that she is not grateful whatsoever. A girl's sensitive emotion, can be easily provoked by the environment. Maybe she thought that she did not put enough effort on this, or maybe she has worked harder than everyone that she did not deserve this kind of results. Whatever it is, I just like to point out that at the end, everything is determined by Allah, the most Merciful. We have the right to plan, but to execute it, it all depends on Him. There must be some hikmah hiding behind anything that is planned for us by Allah. Be grateful with what you have (or get), and if it is not enough, double the effort up. You won't loose anything by doing this. Please, do not let the emotions controlling you, but instead you are the one controlling it.

Sorry for the very short post. I will update my blog more often since we are having our "real" holidays now. Toodles to everyone and have a great holiday!

Visit to Kuzminki

2009-01-08T19:49:00.011+03:00

Yeah. Even though the bio-organic chemistry is just around the corner (it starts with the skill test on Monday), I could still find the time to write something here and of course, shopping :). Yesterday we went to Mega Белая Дача (Belaya Dacha) near metro Kuzminki. It was only the three of us, Haziq, me and Fuad. The plan of going there came out of nowhere. Fuad and me were thinking of just going to Okhotni Ryad but then Haziq came into our room and said that there is a place with a lot more variety to shop near Kuzminki. Without hesitation, we waited until after Asar then we began our journey.

Going there was not a big problem. We reached at Kuzminki in no time although it took around one hour to there. Decided to eat first, we got ourselves each a set of Filet-o-fish, and we headed to our destination-Mega! Bus number 655 brought us there.

O.M.G!!?? That was our first impression of that place. Haha. It is the largest place of shopping we have ever seen around Moscow. It has 2 wings. And we need to cross the highway to get to the other wing. We went in, did our Maghrib prayers and started our stuff-hunting. Hehe. Went to every single shop in the complex, marked those jackets, hats, jumpers that are considered as "cheap", and survey everything that is up to our budget. Duration=roughly 2 hours of doing this. Yes, choosy we are :). Sorry. Was too busy surveying and being wow-ed by all the stuff that I forgot to snap any picture. Hehe. At the second round we began picking up all those "marked" stuff and buying them-this time for real! No more surveying and trying-outs. The place is so huge even the toilet was hard to find. Done with everything and we decided to head back home. That time was 8.30 p.m. Kinda late to be outside over here. Only 2 pictures were manage to be taken. For remembrance, at least one pic is enough :). Thanks to the timer of my camera and the kind Russian who snapped our picture. Here goes:

Tired of walking 3 hours non-stop, at last we had a little bit of rest :)
Thank you Miss kind Russian :)

Now the best part is, the journey back home. Boarded the wrong bus and we ended up somewhere only God and the Russians know. Bus number 52, "thank you" very much. We got out of the bus and the only thing we can see was our white teeth. The surrounding was very dark! The other two guys were swearing at me as I am the one encouraging us to get into the bus. "Takpa. Sume bas lalu nye metro nih". Sorry! Lucky us, there is a nearby bus-stop and we waited for another bus over there. 112 was the next one. Since we have nothing to loose except for our time, we boarded the gloomy and scary looking bus and pray to Allah that it will at least pass through a metro station. We were very desperate for a metro sign! Haziq and Fuad showed their worried faces as we were the only one left inside the bus for almost half an hour. Suddenly, "sleduyushaya astanovka: stansiya metro Bratislavskaya" (Next bus stop: Metro station Bratislavskaya). Fuuhhhh!! Relieved is the most perfect word to be used here. Now I am the saviour eyh? Stop swearing and at least give me some credit for this. Haha. A failed tour-guide. Nevermind. Once a mistake, it will never be repeated again. Insya-Allah.

Can you see the worriness of their faces and gloominess of the bus?

We took almost the same route back home as going to Kuzminki. The slight difference was that we need to change trains at 3 different stations. That's all. Nothing big :). Arrived at Kaluzhskaya safely and again we were very lucky. Bus number 226 arrived right in front of our feet at the very time we were there. Took the bus home and there you go! The longest ever outing I had since I am here in Moscow. Exactly at 10.30 p.m., we stepped on the 7th floor safely with no bruises, cuts whatsoever. Alhamdulillah nothing happened to use that night. Actually we were kinda intimidated to come back this late at night because recently there were a lot of cases in between the Malaysian students and the Russian hooligans. A not so decent case by the way.

Whatever it is, we have no regrets on travelling that far as it was worth going. I bought a jacket and a belt, Fuad had a blast shopping that he spent a four-figured amount of money with a new jumper and casual jacket while Haziq went crazy with the sale that he bought a pair of jeans and some winter apparel. To all readers out there, if you are in Moscow, this is definitely a place to go shopping to. Haha. Now I sound like a shopaholic.

Well I guess that is it and wait for my further updates. It is already 3.30 in the morning and yet, I am still not asleep. Caffeine maybe? Nah. High head, groggy nose, scratchy hands, blur looking keyboard-signs of being sleepy! That is all my update for now. Do not expect too much from me eyh since most of the time I spend indoors (too cold outside). Brrrrr!

Updates will come shortly after something interesting happens :). Toodles. Salam

Someone told me

2009-01-03T00:15:00.004+03:00

I have no idea why, but when I first listen to this song on my friend's friendster profile, suddenly I fell in love with it. It is because of her lovely voice or the meaning of the song itself (which I found it out after Google-ing it for a quite a while)? Check this one out. You might not fell for this song if you have a heart like a stone, but I am sure most of you will love it. The lyric and translation can be found under it. Enjoy listening to it :).

Quelqu'un M'a Dit-Carla Bruni

Quelquun ma dit - Carla Bruni

Quelqu'un M'a Dit :

On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud que de nos chagrins il s'en fait des manteaux pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...

Refrain
Que tu m'aimais encore,
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
Serais ce possible alors ?

On me dit que le destin se moque bien de nous
Qu'il ne nous donne rien et qu'il nous promet tout
Parais qu'le bonheur est à portée de main,
Alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit ...

Refrain

Mais qui est ce qui m'a dit que toujours tu m'aimais?
Je ne me souviens plus c'était tard dans la nuit,
J'entend encore la voix, mais je ne vois plus les traits
"Il vous aime, c'est secret, lui dites pas que j'vous l'ai dit"
Tu vois quelqu'un m'a dit...

Que tu m'aimais encore, me l'a t'on vraiment dit...
Que tu m'aimais encore, serais ce possible alors ?

On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud
Que de nos tristesses il s'en fait des manteaux,
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit que...

Refrain

Someone told me (English translation)

They tell me our lives are not worth much
They pass in an instant as roses fade
They tell me that time slipping by is a bastard
he makes coats from our problems
However someone told me

That you still loved me...
It's someone who told me that you still loved me.
Is it possible then?

They tell me that fate enjoys making fools of us
That it gives us nothing and promises everything
It seems that happiness is within arm's reach
Then you reach out your hand and find yourself foolish
however someone told me...
but who is it who told me that still you loved me?
I don't remember now it was late in the night
I still hear the voice, but I can't see the features
"He loves you, it's secret, don't tell him I told you"
You see someone told me...

that you still loved me-- did they really say it?
That you still loved me, is it possible then?

They tell me our lives aren't worth much
They pass in an instant as roses fade
They say that the time that passes is a bastard
That from our sorrows it makes coats
However someone told me that....

New Year 2009

2008-12-31T23:25:00.001+03:00

Hey everyone. I know that in Malaysia you guys are 5 hours ahead from here. Happy new year I wish to all students currently in Moscow, Nizhny and Volgograd and all countries that have the same time zone as ours.

2008 is full of memories, better sweet or bitter. The year where I got my Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia results, the long-don't-know-what-to-do break before the results, the moment I first step on a foreign country, meeting great people that I am suppose to know since kindegarten, experiencing a short but perhaps, the best months of studies I have ever had in Intec, mingling around with my family more than usual, and the list goes on and on. It will never stop if I were to list down everything.

The bitter memories, hurm, let me see..there are a few. Got sprained at my ankle twice in an interval of less than 3 months, being left out by someone whom I think "special" in my life, having a see-saw relationship with a friend of mine, a conflict on the eve of hari raya haji which I will never forget about it, and the incident at the bus stop in front of the sportszal (moscow fellas, I think you guys know about this). All these bitter memories make me think, am I being a good person throughout the year? A person who cares about the surrounding, the feelings oh his partners and mates? A person that can listen to everything and be cool with it? A person of which people are cool to be with? I don't know. Maybe I should ask myself, am I being good on everything? Take a mirror and everything will be reflected right on my face. And since the new year is here, there are some resolutions that I would like to make it realize. Last year's resolution was a disaster. I have accomplished only a few of hundreds of it. Till the end of year 2008, it is not yet completed. Carry it forward to 2009? Maybe I will, maybe not because I have a bunch of new ones right now. Doesn't reach 100 I guess.

Oh well. New year is already here and this is my first post of the year. People are celebrating it outside but we choose to stay indoors. Danger is waiting for us outside, who knows? Malang tidak berbau. Anything can happen anytime. We are being onthe safe side. Have a nice new year~

Semester ends, new year's coming and holiday is around the corner

2008-12-31T02:41:00.000+03:00

My first semester over here in MMA is "technically" over. We will be having our bio-organic chemistry finals and then it will officially start. Yay! After 3 months of struggling to adapt to the new environment and style of study here in Russia, we have been given a well-deserved holiday to relax our mind. No more articulatio, no more musculus and no more incisurae. Not that I am going to forget anything. Just clear off all that during the holidays and refresh it back after it. Holidays are meant for excitement and joy! Travelling around the world (that is if you can, money will do the talking here) or stay at home and spend the time with your friends and family. explore what your place has to offer and do not waste any time doing nothing or staring at the classic-boring television. It is time to open up your mind and see the world! Even in 2 weeks we can do a lot of things, imagine one whole month. Moscow will be ours. Yeah!

Before the start of 1st January (i.e the New Year of 2009), our last match of futsal ended in a fashionable way. Even though we created a lot, I mean A LOT of chances, we managed to scrap our way through to victory of one to nothing. A good play we have shown, but obviously not good enough to beat the 69 Flyers in a larger margin. We could have done it, if its not for the carelessness of our strikers (Prem, Ming Kuang and Fuad). Open scoring chance, but the effort went fown the drain. What a shame! Nevertheless, our team won the semester ending game and I have nothing to complain about. Sorry that I do not have any picture of the game because I myself was busy blocking the balls and clearing it off the goal line.

And yeah, the new year of 2009 is coming and I am here to wish everybody a Happy New Year! с новым годом! Also Salam Maal Hijrah 1430! я желаю счастья вам в новым году! Pray to God that we will have a pleasant new year along side our comrades and every single person in our life. I wish all of you the best and hope that your new year's resolution will be realized. Make it a reality, not only imaginary. Be safe and careful during the holidays.

~thinking all about this with bags under my eyes~ :)

Cannot sit still

2008-12-08T01:01:00.000+03:00

A night that cannot be forgotten at all. A morale behind this incident, think before, during and after you are doing or did something so that it will not turn out haywire. Just a short post. I just need to write to clear this off from my head. At least for one night.
-night before Hari Raya Qurban-

something to be thought of...

2008-12-07T23:39:00.000+03:00

I know that I am not so active blogging but this material i had to write is simply worth it. See around you and observe. Even though I am far away from my homeland this "thing" is still very obvious. Racism, racism, racism.

Being away made me think: are we really what we call Malaysian? Because I doubted it even when I was still in Malaysia. Everywhere I can see that people from the same race sometime despise other from different races. Our country has celebrated its independence for 56 years but this problem still arise. I am a Malay but, I will be neutral in this case. I cannot deny that even this problem occurs amongst us, the Malays. I do not know about other races but it is very obvious in the Malay community.

Here I would like to highlight some of the incidents that happen here that made me write this. In the lecture hall, where all the students from various places were here. I can see very clearly the partition in between people from different races and sometimes, religion. At the far end left and right corner is the Malay group, the middle front part is the Chinese and the middle back part is the Indians. This is just a part of it.

And now, this is an example of so-called racism amongst the same race. Come to think of it, how can this happen?

Simple. I have been living in this kind of environment since the day I am here. Students here are sponsored by different sponsors, including the ones sponsored by their parents :). And you know what? Sometimes we can feel the barrier in between us. The MARA sponsored student are with themselves and that goes to the JPA, private and also the Armed Forces scholar too. An incident happen today here at our hostel. Tomorrow is Hari Raya Qurban and we did some pot luck tonight with room number *** and $$$ (identity should be kept secret. Sorry! :)). There is also another group doing the same thing, but at a different place. Get what I mean? Hey we are all students from the same strana. Why can't we group together in one room, to enjoy some nice delicacies and chat with one another? I cannot see any problem here. Here is what I call "racism". The unity will soon break into pieces and the chance to put it back together is somehow IMPOSSIBLE. Or should I say that there was never anykind of unity among us?

I know that this is not something new and boring. People has been saying about this all the time but what have we done to erase this problem in our life? I don't know about anybody else, but some of us have tried hard to reduce this gap between us. Guess trying is not good enough eyh?

Well, that's is all for tonight. Seriously, I have not studied anything yet because of this problem. Sorry that I did not write this earlier. Bad news first, then only the good ones will appear, right?
Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha to all! Hope all your sacrifices were blessed by Allah Almighty.

my first ever post..weee~

2008-10-02T21:36:00.000+04:00

Assalamualaikum from here!!

I'm fine thank you for those who would want to know about my health. It has been 3 weeks since I first came here in Moscow. When we first step out of the airport, we shiver like hell. Haha. Yela, baru first time kan pergi tempat sejuk. After that, everything is superb except for the whole tedious registration process. It has been done, but not yet complete. Next week we are having our test but we dont have any textbooks with us yet..and you know what, this is what they say :

"Next week you will get your student card" we need our student card to do the library card and get the books....

The weather is pretty nice here. It can be cold at times, but most of the time-for now-it is very comfortable. We dont sweat here even though we walk for 2 kilometres. Cool huh? Hehe. Waiting for winter to come, which will be very..I mean, VERY cold. Hurm, about my 2 weeks experience here? Lucky me that i have not been threatened, beaten or disturbed by any of the Russians yet. Hehe. Three weeks is nothing. 3 down and a few hundred more weeks to go i think.Haha..

And, of course, Selamat Hari Raya to everyone! Maaf zahir dan batin. If i did any wrong to you, please forgive me ok :). Hope it is not to late. About raya over here, it is awesome!! Haha. Even though we are away from family, raya with friends here was quite nice. We went to the embassy in the morning for sembahyang raya. Then went to Moslanka to settle our registration, but heck, i cannot be done yet. After that we went to the embassy again in the afternoon. Around 5 i think. We ate a great amount of food of course! Free food maa. Who can resist it? :). Here is some pictures of us at the embassy..

Me not in my baju raya because my bag just arrive at the embassy!!

stuck in the middle

Then comes the best part of our first raya. We tried to take the bus straight from the embassy to the nearest metro station to our hostel. Nak saving duit punya pasal. Then the bus suddenly stop in the middle of the route and ask us to get down of it! Maaannnnn. We get out of it, and start to walk to the metro station we want to go to, which is 2 kilometres away!!!! It is at night by the way. Around 9 i think. But then walking with company of my friends made it an enjoyable first experience of walking at night in Moscow :)

Ok. Enough of raya. Our class starts right after the first day of raya (2nd raya).weeeeeee...

I was SO "happy".

The first lecture was pretty interesting as we have learnt it in Intec previously. But gradually, it becomes more confusing. The best part of all lectures and classes is the journey heading to it. We need to leave the hostel around 2 hours before the class started!! The place is at the last station of the metro whereas we are staying at the first one (this is an exaggeration, but it seems to be like that la, but it is really far ok) :) Oh ya, i really like anatomy! We get to hold the real thing..not the plastics :)

Raya done. Now i would like to show off one of our cooking which I think is the best among all. It taste REALLY good ok. And i mean it. Hehe

Chicken curry and fried cabbage beside it..haha

Hurm I think that is it from me now. Hey this is my first post so do comment on any mistakes whatsoever. Haha. Positive comments are most welcome. Tata ~back to my books~ :)